Welcome back to This Day in Irish History. I’m your host, Raymond Welsh. Today, we turn our attention to a tragic and defining moment in modern Irish history—January 30, 1972. This is the day that would come to be known as Bloody Sunday, when British soldiers opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside area of Derry, killing 13 people outright and wounding 15 others, one of whom later died from his injuries.
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January 30, 1972 - Bloody Sunday
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Welcome back to This Day in Irish History. I’m your host, Raymond Welsh. Today, we turn our attention to a tragic and defining moment in modern Irish history—January 30, 1972. This is the day that would come to be known as Bloody Sunday, when British soldiers opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside area of Derry, killing 13 people outright and wounding 15 others, one of whom later died from his injuries.